When using company resources to access and use the Internet, users must realize they represent the company. Whenever employees state an affiliation to the company, they must also clearly indicate that "the opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of the company". Questions may be addressed to the IT Department.

1. Sending unsolicited email messages, including the sending of "junk mail" or other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically request such material (email spam). 

2. Any form of harassment via email, telephone or paging, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages. 

3. Unauthorized use, or forging, of email header information.

4. Solicitation of email for any other email address, other than that of the poster's account, with the intent to harass or to collect replies. 

5. Creating or forwarding "chain letters", "Ponzi" or other "pyramid" schemes of any type. 

6. Use of unsolicited email originating from within (^Company^)'s networks of other Internet/Intranet/Extranet service providers on behalf of, or to advertise, any service hosted by <Company Name> or connected via (^Company^)'s network. 

7. Posting the same or similar non-business-related messages to large numbers of Usenet newsgroups (newsgroup spam).